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Solar Power? It's Quantum, Dude!(Column)
Byline: Steve Thompson
Using a three-wheel electric scooter to keep up with my wife on walks or shopping expeditions has given me a new vehicle system to tinker with and think about. Of course, I'd rather have full use of my legs, but thanks to the technology in my Amigo Deluxe scooter, electric vehicles interest me more every day in a very personal way.
Everybody knows that the potential of electric vehicles depends on generating and storing energy in and for them. Critics properly point out that plugging in your EV at home just moves the pollution from your vehicle to the electricity-generating plant. But EV enthusiasts keep hoping that breakthroughs ...
- Structure-function relationships in photosynthetic systems as studied by...
- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science Seabrook-Comfort, Alesia Mac, Michele Rockford, Jean January 1, 2003 700+ words
The function of a cofactor involved in biological catalysis is linked directly to its structure in vivo. In photosynthetic systems, the ubiquitous chlorophyll molecule is involved in the harvesting of light energy, the transfer of this energy...
- Quantum Secrets of Photosynthesis Revealed.
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service April 12, 2007 700+ words
...spectroscopic studies of the photosynthetic process. In a paper entitled, "Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems," he and his collaborators report the detection of "quantum beating" signals...
- United States: Biofuels Studies To Benefit from Better Lab Test.
- News wire article from: TendersInfo July 15, 2009 700+ words
...a breakthrough that could support the development of photosynthetic systems for producing biofuels. The finding is likely to make...understanding photosynthesisand ultimately developing artificial photosynthetic systems." Striving to Understand Nature Better A paper on...
- Do triffids dream of electric sap? Australian scientists are taking on nature...
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry Corfield, Richard October 16, 2006 700+ words
...be assembled around a tree-like core called a dendrimer to mimic the wheel-shaped arrangement in natural photosynthetic systems.' The Sydney group is working with engineers at Osaka University in Japan to combine these inorganic grana...
- Scientists at University of California detail research in organic chemistry.
- Newspaper article from: Chemicals & Chemistry September 4, 2009 700+ words
...effects of substituents on natural photosynthetic pigments is essential for the rational design of artificial photosynthetic systems. The long-wavelength absorption of chlorins derives from a transition that encompasses rings A and C, which...
- An international team of scientists has determined the structure of the...
- Magazine article from: Science and Children June 22, 2009 700+ words
...are responsible for harvesting light energy. The team's results one day could be used to build artificial photosynthetic systems, such as those that convert solar energy to electrical energy. Penn State (http://live.psu.edu...
- Follow the Energy: New Technique Enables Scientists to Track Molecular Energy...
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service March 31, 2005 700+ words
...only seven pigment molecules) and its chemistry has been well characterized," Fleming said. "As in all photosynthetic systems, the conversion of light into chemical energy is driven by electronic couplings between molecules and we monitored...
- Cylindrical aggregates of 5,5',6,6'-tetrachlorobenzimidacarbocyanine...
- Magazine article from: International Journal of Photoenergy Pugzlys, A. Hania, P.R. Augulis, R. Duppen, K. van Loosdrecht, P.H.M. January 1, 2006 700+ words
...model system for light harvesting complexes and energy transport units in artificial photosynthesis. Natural photosynthetic systems are composed of light harvesting units based on aggregates of chlorophylls and carotenoids and possess a variety...
